Your Final Staff Meeting
"This year is bound to be easier." This was my thinking at the start of the school year. I imagine I also believed we'd somehow have...
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Jun 9, 2021
A Reflective Walk to Process the School Year
"What do I even say?" This was one of many questions I asked myself when trying to plan our final staff meeting of the school year....
May 20, 2021
A Different Way to Think About Learning Loss
It's hard to feel several strong emotions all at once. Excitement. Sadness. Optimism. Regret. Maybe this is why I've cried more this year...
Apr 29, 2021
A Leadership Lesson in Every Story
The leaders in a school cannot do it all. We can accomplish what matters most when we work together. I stopped by an automobile shop...
Mar 7, 2021
The Importance of Leadership and Management
I recently had the chance to sit down with George Couros to talk about the intersection of leadership and management on "The Innovator's...
Jan 21, 2021
3 Leadership Instincts that could Fail You
Many people are reeling right now. And when I say, "reeling" what I really mean is struggling, crying, and trying to persevere through...
Nov 24, 2020
Rearranging the Room
An interesting thing happens when there are chairs in a room. People tend to sit in them. When all the seats are taken (or there aren't...
Oct 30, 2020
The Thing about Influence
Speed-limit signs are not suggestions. Of course, there are still people who drive much faster or slower than posted speeds. On the other...
Sep 30, 2020
Leading from the Fog
I'm an avid game player. Always have been. When I was growing up, my parents worried that I took board games too seriously. I can't...
Sep 15, 2020
How Much Leadership is Enough?
I was working on a project outside this weekend and had to chuckle to myself about the leadership that's been required from educators...
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